Word: players
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Over the phone one day last month came a call from a player on the Boston Bruins pro hockey team. Asked Tamer: "How are things going?" The player: "Don't worry about the game tonight. One of the players is sick and another's baby died and he won't be playing. I'm going to be the only one able to play well and I don't intend to do so good. Don't worry...
...Calls Went East. As soon as the player hung up, Tamer was on the phone to New York. The Detroit police noted that many of his long-distance "information" calls went east; presumably he was relaying the dope to Boss Costello, whose office sets the national odds on pro hockey games...
...Boston teams is the winner of the United Settlement Houses of Greater Boston basketball tourney, while the other is an all-star team, coached by Varsity basketball player Gunther Rosinus...
...Shea, the superb dribbler, had never looked so good. Brennan and Barnhorst had forgotten all about their ailments, and both sides had forgotten all about the Y.M.C.A. way basketball used to be played. Players exchanged scowls and heated words; the referees broke up one fist fight only to have another threaten. At one point, the referee wanted to keep an N.Y.U. player from shooting a foul until the hooting stopped; the player grabbed the ball, glared at the crowd, and sank one. In the final five minutes, harassed N.Y.U. lost its head completely. When the game ended, 51 personal fouls...
...Valpey joined the doughty alumni of WHRV broadcasts last night when he told the College public the traits he looks for in a football player and his general plans for spring practice...